God's Wonderful Creation as seen from Belize

I am a certified scuba diver. I learned to love diving early watching Lloyd Bridges on Sea Hunt and other shows like Flipper and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. As many of you know I work with a prison ministry called Kairos. One of the talks given on that three day encounter with God is given on Saturday afternoon and is called Christian Discovery. Whenever I have the opportunity to give this talk I relate discovering God to my scuba diving experience. I ask the question "how many of you have ever been to the beach and seen the ocean." Almost everyone always raises their hand. I then point out that: "Actually all you have ever seen at the beach is the surface of the ocean. There is a whole world underneath the surface just waiting to be discovered. In fact there are many places under the surface of the ocean that have never been seen by man. Such is the journey of discovering God's Kingdom. All you have seen this past three days of Kairos is the surface of God's Kingdom. There too is a whole world underneath just waiting to be discovered."

I was once again reminded of that fact during a day of snorkeling along the coral reefs of Belize. Stunning colors and shapes of coral....some hard and rigid, some fernlike and dancing with the current, some that look like sponges, some that look like basketballs complete with amazing lines and patterns. Every color in the spectrum is painted on them and every shape you can imagine is formed by God's hand. Then there are the multitudes of fish, turtles, sharks, and manatees all seen in just one afternoon of snorkeling. There were even fish that were a florescent purple. Why would any fish need to be florescent purple?




This week my oldest daughter, Landra, and I have witnessed wondrous waterfalls, caves, trees, plants, and animals that remind me that these did not occur by random chance. They were created by God's own hand all for a purpose to bring praise and glory to Him; and to teach us that we too are his creation and are to sing His praises as well.







Luke 19:39-40 says: "Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples." ⁴⁰But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, even the stones will cry out!"






Psalm 66:1-4 says ¹Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; ²Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious. ³Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You. ⁴"All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name." Selah.






Psalm 69:34 says: "Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them."





I can honestly testify after this week in Belize that the natural wonders of the earth do sing God's praises every day. Everything I saw this past week did just that! All you have to do is look and listen, both above and under the surface, and you too will discover God's wondrous Kingdom! God's creation is truly beautiful and works exactly according to His plan. As the Psalm says, "Let heaven and earth praise Him and the seas and all that moves in them."

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